Hello, my name is Haydee Flores I am a freshman at Cal State
LA. This past Saturday on Earth Day April 22, 2017 I participated along
with many of my classmates in the Folar LA River clean up. Before participating
in this event, I would have never thought that there would be so many trash in
the LA River. All my life I have passed by the LA river while in the freeway or
just driving around but never this up-close like on Saturday. It was a very hot
day but there was no complaining because it was the right thing to do for our
community. I was very amused of the amount of trash there was and rare things
that were found by the river for example, shopping carts, tire hub caps, a
little lobster, clothes and blankets stuck on the plants or in the water. There
was a lot of metal and plastic bags everywhere some of things might have been
there for a while and had to pulled out. Being there made me realize what we do
to our own planet what we cause to it when we through even the smallest amount
of trash on the floor. We might not throw it in the LA River but that’s one of
the many places it will end up in. while I was picking up trash I happened to
see a man fishing in the water that didn’t not look clean at all it looked dark
and oily and I know for a fact water isn’t supposed to look like that. I hope
he did not eat the fish if he caught anything. Although there was so much trash
there was also life in the LA river all the plants and trees that were bright
and green. I enjoyed this experience it was a good feeling giving back to
nature and it was also a lesson to all of us of what hen happens when we liter
the smallest amount of trash.
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